Monday, February 16, 2015

So as some might know or care about valentines day was on Saturday. Some hate this holiday, some love it. I kinda love it, you get to make something special and spoil your girl/guy!

I know it's a made up holiday designed by companies to make money, yadda yadda yadda!

I have my dad visiting and staying in our rather small apartment, does not make for a romantic setting and on Saturday we went to Gothenburg to watch hockey and eat some food, which Sara obviously did not participate in (Good for everyone involved!).

But on to the recipe!

Ingredients:

Red food coloring

1 cup flour with fiber

½ regular all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 1/4 cup salt

1 egg

3 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

Mix all ingredients so you get a smooth paste.

Then carefully drop in the food coloring a few drops at a time while mixing in between to get the color you desire!

(Red velvet isn't a taste, it's just the color. Like red velvet cup cakes or cake or anything. But it looks nice and the girls go crazy for it)

Then drop in about ½ a cup at a time and fry until bubbles start forming on the top, then flip!

Also do this on pretty low heat so you don't get a burnt surface on the pancakes. Ruins the color I learnt after a few of em!

Pretty nice and impressive no?

I went for the more pink side of things because of valentines day and I know Sara loves pink :)

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

So we have a tradition me and my friends where we watch the Superbowl, but the week after on Saturday since it's broadcast on Sunday evening, it would mean that we would be going to bed at 6 o'clock in the morning on Monday.

So we try and go the entire week without spoiling the result, and I actually managed this year! I thought I had it spoiled for me, but was wrong! :D

So I volunteered to host it, and a good Superbowl demands a good Superbowl spread!

So I went all out to make my friends drunk and super full of food and snacks!

I will try and keep this in a chronological order.

First get your beer! A Superbowl Saturday party needs American Macro brewed beer!

And 4 guys drink a lot of beer!

Chili time!

Then we need to get our chili on!

Take your beef and trim it and cut into smaller pieces and brown it off in the pan with finely chopped garlic. 1.5 kgs of beef and 1 whole garlic.

I don't have any exact measurements for this recipe and no exact time, I make it a bit different each time and go a lot on feel.

Anyway, let it simmer for 3-6 hours depending on what texture you want. I also add water continuously through the cook and this time I also added 1 bottle of porter while it was simmering.

After 5 hours my chili looked like this and was ready to be served. All the meat melted and "stringy" damn! So good!

Chili Cheese Dip!

All Superbowl parties needs a hot melty, gooey cheese dip!

So take about 2 tablespoons of butter, melt it and add 1 tablespoon of flour and mix around, then add some milk about 3-4 table spoons and then mix in about 6-7 cheese singles (Only thing available here, I used some hamburger cheese with the text "Ched-up" on em, worked fine).

Mix until melted and then add as many pickled Jalapeños as you want. I took about 2 tablespoons and the heat and taste was just right!

Add more cheese/flour if you want the mixture thicker or more milk if you want it more runny!

Look att that cheesy ooey gooey loveliness!

I made this about 3-4 hours before the party and then just heated it up on the stove when it was time to eat! Worked perfectly!

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

So I stumbled on a picture of this and the name "Dutch oven babies" that seem quite common in the US, while I've never seen or heard of em here. They looked delicious though even if not that unlike pancakes in their ingredients and ways of cooking.

I used this recipe:

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/dutch-babies-ii/

Just added more nutmeg and half of the seeds from a vanilla cane.

This recipe made me 2 dutch oven babies.

Served dusted with sugar and some raspberries.

Also served with maple syrup on the side.

Quite crispy and fluffy and delicious.

I will be making normal pancakes in the future though since these were a bit more of a hassle to make and took longer time, and when you are 2 people and you might want 3-4 of these babies, it becomes a time consuming process... :)